By Pauric McGurn ERNE Gaels manager Declan Bonner said “we’re all human beings and mistakes can be made” after some major and controversial decisions were called during the Senior Football League Division One Final. Two two-pointers from Stephen McGullion and Jarlath Flanagan helped Derrygonnelly Harps to victory, although video footage later showed they should have […]
IN FOCUS: Sean Quigley reflects on an eventful career with Fermanagh
By Shaun Casey THERE wasn’t much to do around Roslea growing up, other than kicking ball around the backyard and that’s where Sean Quigley honed his footballing craft alongside older brothers Conor and Seamus. They formed a connection that saw them compete alongside each other at both club and county level, although the brotherly love […]
Donnelly content with best showing and on the biggest stage
By Pauric McGurn FERMANAGH reserved their season’s best performance for the grandest stage in accounting for Wexford at Croke Park on Sunday 0-25 to 1-17, their first triumph at the iconic Jones’ Road venue for over 20 years. It was an outcome and performance which delighted manager Kieran Donnelly and the beaming Brookeborough man was doubly pleased […]
Fermanagh boss ‘blindsided’ by McKenna Cup axing
By Katrina Brennan FERMANAGH manager Kieran Donnelly has said they were “blindsided” by the decision to suspend the Dr McKenna Cup next year. The decision comes following a campaign over a number of years by the GPA (Gaelic Players’ Association) to abolish the pre-season inter-county competitions and at the weekend, the GAA Central Council voted to […]
Bradley satisfied to end long wait
By Katrina Brennan IT was a case of job done, as ‘ugly’ as it may have been for Enniskillen and their manager Simon Bradley. “We set out at the start of the year to try and do as best as we could without the county lads and it put us in a great spot and we […]
‘Sid’ braced for his last hurrah at Devenish
By Niall Gartland DEVENISH boss Sylvester ‘Sid’ Mulrone insists that this season will be his last at the helm, no matter what happens in the coming weeks and months. The 68-year-old is in the fourth year of his latest stint in charge of his home club, leading the team alongside former Fermanagh player Marty O’Brien. […]
Donnelly hoping Fermanagh can nullify key Laois threats
By Katrina Brennan THE ‘carrot’ dangling before Fermanagh this Saturday is a home quarter-final and a week’s rest if they can overcome Laois, in Longford, and top the group. That’s a pretty tasty outcome and Fermanagh manager, Kieran Donnelly knows it. He also knows they’ll have to produce a top performance to beat Justin McNulty’s […]
McElroy was one of the best of his generation says Dominic Corrigan
By Michael McMullan FORMER Fermanagh manager Dominic Corrigan has described the late Gerry McElroy as one of the best forwards of his generation. McElroy was laid to rest on Tuesday in Lisnaskea with hundreds of mourners in attendance from across Fermanagh and beyond. Speaking on this week’s Gaelic Lives podcast ahead of Fermanagh’s Ulster Championship […]
Donation will help with Newtownbutler developments says Hugo
By Niall Gartland and Mark McGoldrick BILLIONAIRE Limerick financier JP McManus is donating €1 million to every county in Ireland to be invested in Gaelic games, a gesture that is very much welcomed by Newtownbutler chairman Hugo Fitzpatrick. It emerged last Friday that Mr McManus, one of the richest men in Ireland, is gifting €32 million to […]
Lisnaskea goalkeeper McCaffrey happy with underdogs tag
By Mark McGoldrick LISNASKEA goalkeeper Ethan McCaffrey knows that his side is going to be up against it when they take on the fancied Arva in Saturday’s Ulster Junior Football Championship semi-final, but it’s a challenge that the Emmett’s shot-stopper and his teammates are relishing. “A lot of people might see us as underdogs and […]